I just moved down to Charleston, SC and my drive from Maryland took me through Virgina Beach/Northern NC. It was really unreal. I was driving for hours and every third telephone line seemed to be down. Trees were haphazardly cut along roads to allow cars to get by. The most erie part was at twilight and driving by all the unlit houses in cities. The streetlights were out and it felt like driving through ghost towns. I stopped to tal to some people and they said they wouldn't be getting power back fro 2-4 weeks.
The good thing was hearing about all the people that are coming from other states to help get them back on line. The power companies are working around the clock and hopefuly it will be sooner than later.
As for Maryland we got higher surge than anyone has remembered seeing. The ground was/is supersaturated from all the rain we've gotten this year so the water came up very quickly. In our yard the water came up ~150 yards and came within 40 feet of the house on two sides. We got very lucky and only lost some trees. T
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